The Broken Republic

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New York City - Morning of May 14, 2019

Richard Rosado finally reached the City Hall after nearly forty minutes. The streets were simply too packed with people to make fast travel possible. There was an infectious happiness and relief in the streets of New York. Rosado embraced it as he walked with people reveling, celebrating, and laughing. CRA flags were torn up and flown instead were pride flags, Brazilian flags, and the banned American flags. It felt unreal. Not that the CRA was gone from New York, but that it only took one day. Rosado walked with a sense of dreaminess, as if it wasn't real. He barely noticed the small minority of people leaving the city: CRA sympathizers who were exiled and refused to live in a realm they weren't in command of. Oh well, Ricardo thought, screw them and may they rot in Hell.

He stopped as he got to City Hall and looked upon the stone steps at an array of people standing there. He recognized a familiar face. Linda Garland. She was still wearing the same black uniform as she did yesterday when she marched with the revolutionaries. Rosado noticed she was wearing her special Catholic ID card. He also noticed she took a sharpie to it and defiled it. He smiled. He shredded his own card. Now he wished he hadn't, so he could do something creative with it like Linda did.

Richard's attention was then brought to a speaker, standing on the steps. He was a tall, grand revolutionary with a stapled piece of paper in his hands. He began speaking as the masses of people quieted down.

"It is a new, sunny day today, citizens. The masters have been banished and our chains have been lifted." He began. Thunderous applause and cheering followed. "We have seen it to it that the future is ours and will be taken from them by force."

Rosado smiled widely as the man continued speaking. It wasn't a particularly well-crafted speech, but none of that mattered. The most important bits were soon coming.

"And we, the citizens, proclaim the Christian Republic banished from  New York City. We proclaim them banished from New Jersey and Massachusetts, from Pennsylvania down to Florida, and from Virginia to the coasts of California. As they have taken from us, we will take from them. As they have taken our souls for their profits, we will take our souls back and render onto them our vengeance without mercy." More applause. "And, with the power of the citizenry and New Revolution by my side, I formally invite our steadfast supporters in the exiled government, including our socialist sister-in-power Suza Cameron, to lead us into glory and an age of liberation." And from that followed the biggest applause yet, even prompting Rosado to scream in joy and exhausted relief.

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Current Status of the War on the Christian Republic - May 25, 2019

Red represents areas where revolutionaries have overthrown the government. Yellow represents areas of unknown status, or where there is armed conflict. Green represents areas where the CRA has abandoned control over. Gold represents areas where the CRA maintains control.

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MEXICO INVADES BAJA CALIFORNIA PENINSULA

June 1, 2019 -

The Mexican military has invaded the CRA-occupied chunk of the Baja California Peninsula. The Christian Republic initially invaded the peninsula in the Spring of 2005 and occupied the entire peninsula until the Mexican army pushed them back to the border between Baja California and Baja California del Sur in July of 2005. The CRA has occupied it as a territory since July 2005.

Since around late April of 2019, the peninsula had fallen under the control of revolutionaries and Mexican nationalists. As the CRA continues to fall apart after an allied invasion led by Brazil, the U.K,  and France crippled the central government, Mexico invaded the peninsula with the goal of liberating the territory and freeing Tijuana from oppressive governance.

The sitting Mexican President, Ricardo Anaya Cortés, has delivered remarks, stating that "(I)t was a long overdue invasion that will free our Mexican brothers and sisters from a totalitarian government. It was the only choice I had." He says. Former Presidents Vicente Fox and Enrique Peña Nieto have applauded the invasion.

This is a developing story.

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Valdosta, Dixie - June 1, 2019

President Michael James Hawthorne took off his jacket in his makeshift office at the Valdosta City Hall. Several secretaries and clergymen rushed around the room.

"Can someone get Father Wilton on the phone? Where on earth is he?" Hawthorne said as he read reports of revolutionaries expanding into the Atlanta suburbs. "This is a disaster. I can't believe this is happening!"

"Father Wilton is unreachable. He is reportedly in Oklahoma City." A secretary said.

"How on earth did he get there? He's supposed to stay with me!" Hawthorne asked. The secretary did not immediately respond. "Woman! Answer me when I speak to you!" He shouted.

The secretary jumped and began speaking "He was flown sometime this morning, sir, he claimed he was visiting family in Nablus Court."

"My god, he's rebelling against me too." Hawthorne said, rubbing his brow and sitting back down. "Get me Father Howard-Reading."

"He's missing, sir."

"What?"

"We cannot locate him. It is possible he has flown to another location as well."

"Dear lord in heaven, what about the Vice-President?"

"He is an en route to Valdosta."

"At least someone is loyal to me." Hawthorne said. "Hell awaits the Fathers."

Hawthorne then turned on the TV situated in his office. It was set on state-controlled media, but the signal was fuzzy and the information totally unreliable. Hawthorne switched to the CBC, broadcasting from Canada.

"And, Michelle, it looks like Allied and Canadian forces have repelled the final CRA forces stationed in London. It looks like they won the battle." A man's voice said, speaking over helicopter footage of London, Ontario being swept by the Canadian military.

"Wow, John, a twenty-year occupation is finally coming to an end. Do we have any idea of what the people on the ground are like? How they are reacting?" A woman's voice said.

Hawthorne shut the TV off and threw the remote at a fancy vase by the door. The golden vase shattered into several jagged, ugly pieces.

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Quick question: you use real people's photos for some of the characters (e.g. John Thune for President Hawthorne, Hillary Clinton for Melinda Wallace, etc.). Are those people the same as OTL just with different names, or do Melinda Wallace and Hillary Clinton (well probably Hillary Rodham, I can't imagine she met Bill in the CRA) and John Thune and Michael Hawthorne all coexist in the same universe, or something else? One of those nagging, unimportant questions I've had.

I just use them as placeholders, and since I want to give them some sort of character. HRC as we know her was either never born or lived an uneventful life. Melinda Wallace is her own person and looks like HRC.

But since it's such a radically different TL, most people born >1945 were probably not born or were born to refugee families. Bernie Sanders is someone who probably had to flee.

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Does (or did) Fred Phelps ever hold a position in the CRA?

Weren't the Phelpses civil rights lawyers? that would clash with the segregationists and racists of the CRA. However in other regards, their blatan homophobia and anti-semitism and probable islamophobia would be perfect in this state.

I'm really liking this TL! Bad news for the CRA that they've already abandoned the Mississippi, looks like (or I hope) they'll be able to be taken care of piecemeal.

Black revolutionaries overthrew the CRA along the Mississippi, along with a minority of poor whites. Most whites in the South were the favored citizens of the CRA, so they are the most loyal.

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Yes we’ll rally round the flag, boys,
We’ll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
We will rally from the cities,
We’ll gather from the plains,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
The Union forever!
Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with old Hawthorne and up with Cameron!
And we’ll fill our vacant ranks with a million rebels more,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
The Union forever!
Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with old Hawthorne and up with Cameron!
And we’ll rally round the flag, boys,
Yes we’ll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!
The Union forever!
Hurrah, boys, hurrah!
Down with old Hawthorne and up with Cameron!
And we’ll rally round the flag, boys,
Yes we’ll rally once again,
Shouting the battle cry of freedom!

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Ascalon, Dakota - Afternoon of July 12, 2019

The day was sweltering. Summer in the Plains got worse every year. Father Wilton had fled to Ascalon, Dakota (formerly Omaha, Nebraska) as he saw the central government collapse. Now, he was on the verge of creating a new one.

Father Wilton prepared his remarks, giving them a once-over before walking into the library. In the library, a crude camera was set up, attended by clergymen and technicians. Wilton sat down in front of the camera and before a bookcase. He turned around and made sure the bookcase was stocked with blatant and very visible Christian texts. The Bible? Obviously present. Luther's Theses? Next to the Bible. The Treachery of Catholicism? There. The Nature of Jews? There.

Wilton exhaled and set his sights on the little red dot on the camera. It began blinking as the cameraman motioned for Wilton to begin speaking.

"Good afternoon, America. My name is Father Joseph Lance Gregory Wilton. Some of you may know who I am, but I gather many of you don't.

I was born in 1947, in good ol' Jericho, when it was known as Nashville, as it was named by secularists and idolaters. When I was born, the Holy Revolution was beginning to take this country by storm, and awaken the great Christ-fearing souls in our land. I don't remember much from that time, but I do remember the erection of great cathedrals and the demolition of so many monuments to filth and sin. It was a great time. It was an American time.

Now look where we are. Invaded by pretenders. Falsifiers. Frauds. Jews. All of the sad ilk and their enablers have come upon our sacred land and pillaged our cities and villages. And what is "President" Hawthorne doing? Nothing. He's a pansy. A liar. A coward. He is failing our nation, our revolution, and he's failing you, the people.

I'm speaking today to remind everyone what our country was, and what destiny has for our country's future. It is God's destiny, not mine, nor Hawthorne's, nor the sinners'. God's. Our nation is a holy one, and I am humbly chosen by our lord to lead it from this point forward. Hawthorne, once a great Christian and moral leader, has let his demons lead him astray. I, with the aid of Jesus, our Lord, will never wander from my path.

As I sit here now, I proclaim the Holy Republic of America. With its capital in great Ascalon, this new Republic will stay true to theocracy and holy order. I will make sure of it."

Allied Command Center - Winnipeg, Canada - Same time

Six military intelligence officers sat around a control panel. A TV, playing Wilton's address live, was in front of them. Several of the officers were typing on keyboards and punching in various commands. Gradually they all stopped and looked at their commanding officer, who stood at the front of the room.

"Okay," He started. He was a member of Brazilian intelligence. "Cut it."

Allied Mobile Command Center - Bermuda

The TV was on, set to BBC. A laptop near Melinda Wallace was tuned into state-run media. Wilton was speaking with an increasingly angry and passionate tone.

"And when I lead us back towards Jesus, and the end days tick closer to us, we will know we are the saved ones. We will know our Republic is blessed, unlike the fouled Republic of Hawthorne. I know - "

And then the TV was off.

Wallace burst into a laughing fit, followed closely by her colleagues and lower officers.

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Going backwards in time

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Newark Airport - Early Morning of July 4, 2019

Suza Cameron slowly descended the airplane stairs onto the tarmac. She stood for a few seconds on the final step before taking the final plunge. Her feet hit the tarmac. They hit American land, of which she has not set foot on since 1976. Cameron immediately got down on her hands and knees and kissed the cold, hard tarmac. It was homecoming at last, long-awaited, long-overdue, and long-desired.

The ride from Newark to Manhattan was more of a procession. It took about four hours to complete, and mostly consisted of Cameron greeting a wide array of revolutionaries, starving citizens, cheerful workers, and a general body of people who snapped under misery and overthrew their suzerains. Cameron saw every one of their faces, and despite never seeing any of them before, she knew she was home.

She and her team, heavily guarded to protect her from a stray CRA sympathizer or armed zealot, eventually arrived to her designated speaking podium at New York City Hall at around 8:45 AM.

"From the bottom of my heart, I say this with outstretched arms," Cameron began, spreading her arms, "we have returned home!" The applause was thunderous. There must have been thousands packed before her. "Welcome to a New America!"

"I am America, and so are all of you! No longer are we a nation of hate, of misery, of killing, nor of starvation. We are a nation born anew, a nation born today that will reconquer our destiny from the evildoers and bigoted hatemongers who wrestled control of it seventy years ago! We all belong here, and we're going to defeat Hawthorne and his theocrats on the battlefield if they don't accept our right to survive, thrive, and exist!"

Cameron raised her fist into the air. "I proclaim here and now, in New York City, and on Independence Day itself of Twenty-Nineteen, at 8:50 AM, that the United States is re-established." Applause, deafening in its ferocity. "As I can see, and as you can feel, we are an oppressed people, an emaciated people, a people of mistreated workers, laborers and slaves, a people smashed under the hard boot of an Orwellian state, a people arrested by those who dare call themselves Christian and wear golden crosses on their uniforms of hate and monstrosity." Cameron continued. "We're gathered her today to proclaim our reversal of such an arrangement. We will no longer suffer under tyranny. We will no longer starve as the theocrats and aristocrats dine well on medium-rare steak cutlets with mashed potatoes and hearty salads. The food and wealth belong to us, not to be controlled by the few. The prizes of our economy and property of our homes must no longer be held by the tyrants. This government must no longer be stocked with medieval men, who want black people in chains, women bare-feet and pregnant, Jews dead, and LGBTQ citizens hanged in public. They are evil, my citizens. Evil is not manifested commonly amongst humanity, but when it is, it is manifested horribly and harshly.

However, after nearly eighty years, we see that evil will always be contrasted by goodness, by human kindness, by love." She said, emphasizing 'love' so much that her voice cracked. "Love of our neighbors, of our friends, or our people, regardless of their skin color, gender, social status, and who they want to be with." She said. "Isn't that the Christian way?"

"My citizens, I ask that you all embark on this journey with me. It will be a long, hard journey, I can assure you. It's not a re-election campaign. It's not a campaign to unite us and our oppressors and find common ground. These men have no perception of common ground. It's either their Hitler-fantasy government, or nothing." She said, prompting booes, hisses, and moans of fear and terror. "No, we must abandon foolish ideas of centrism and reconciliation with people like that. Now, we are not a violent stock of citizens. We do not wish death upon others. We do not want to kill and feel the psychological punishments of ending another human being's life. War is Hell." She said. "But, so is tyranny. So is an extremist ultra-Christian realm which practices segregation, state anti-Semitism, state terror, and is a violator of our most sacred international human rights laws." She claimed.

"When we saw the horrors of the Holocaust in 1945, we said to ourselves, 'Never Again!'. But when we saw our Nation collapse before our eyes, as the men we thought we defeated in World War II take control of America and impose their Neo-Naziism, Nativism, and Fascism on our country, we realized very quickly that we failed our goal of 'Never Again'. Well folks, as long as I'm alive, we won't fail again!" Cameron shouted, putting both clenched fists into the air.

"We will strike them and disintegrate the Christian Republic of America. We will abolish the new manifestation of slavery, and we will free our citizens from Virginia to Missouri, and from Michigan to California. No municipality unreleased from the jaws of hate, no county unliberated from the control of fascists, no state unshackled from chains. And most importantly, most dear to all of us, no human throughout this land will be unfreed!" She said.

"My citizens, from all walks of life, you are united by your love for one another! I am united with you, because I love what you all stand for. You overthrew the suzerains of New York and proclaimed the destiny that was stolen from you is back in your hands. I love that passion for humanity, and it is that passion that will lead us to victory in the dark days ahead. Please mind the cliche!" Cameron said to a round of laughter.

"Please, citizens of the United States, accept me as your new humble President, and together, with every citizen by citizens' side, let us defeat the Christian Republic and reclaim our future!"

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CRA flags were torn up and flown instead were pride flags, Brazilian flags, and the banned American flags.

YES. Got chills.

Hawthorne then turned on the TV situated in his office. It was set on state-controlled media, but the signal was fuzzy and the information totally unreliable. Hawthorne switched to the CBC, broadcasting from Canada.

Does (or did) Fred Phelps ever hold a position in the CRA?

Weren't the Phelpses civil rights lawyers? that would clash with the segregationists and racists of the CRA. However in other regards, their blatan homophobia and anti-semitism and probable islamophobia would be perfect in this state.

Hm, imo Phelps is such an evil man that there is no way him being a civil right lawyer actually meant that he was principled on this subject. I think that in this universe, he'd be a very enthusiastic CRA supporter who'd take an important role in the government.

As I sit here now, I proclaim the Holy Republic of America. With its capital in great Ascalon, this new Republic will stay true to theocracy and holy order. I will make sure of it."

Lmao. Sorry, Ascalon is just such a boring and borderline bad city in Israel that I find it funny to read this
Also, a question- could you explain the roles of the two Fathers in the government? Are they like Cabinet secretaries?

Thanks for the questions!

Yeah Ascalon is a boring city, but the theocrats in control of renaming cities probably had a huge boner for renaming any city they could to something in the Levant. Considering they were also Nativists shut-ins, don't expect them to know jack about contemporary Israeli society.

And yeah, about Phelps, that does make sense. He would be an ardent CRA sympathizer. He would definitely occupy an important role, like a top propagandist or church official. I don't believe the Westboro Baptist Church would have any point in existing, since the CRA is the Westboro Baptist Church but also in control of America. I'm assuming his family make up the national CRA choir.

"Also, a question- could you explain the roles of the two Fathers in the government? Are they like Cabinet secretaries?"

Good question. No, they aren't any official member of the government, but they are official clergymen and high-ranking men of the church in America. And since it's a theocracy, they are institutionally tied with the state. Since it's also a corrupt country, they are given loads of unofficial power and influence over civil affairs.

I guess their roles would have been advising Hawthorne on religious and social policy, reaping state benefits, and generally appearing before cameras to peddle their ideologies.

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Winter Haven, Dixie - Afternoon of July 14, 2019

Vice President, now styling himself as President, Max Derry,
stood in the damp heat and looked at several reports in his hand. He was surrounded by a garden of caladiums and vibrant, red roses. The sky was a peaceful blue interrupted with puffy white clouds. Enemy forces were closing in on Columbia hard, and revolutionaries within the city were butchering the military stationed there.

A secretary interrupted Derry. "Sir, Hawthorne has called again. He's offering you the Vice Presidency back if you surrender immediately."

"Tell Hawthorne to shove it. He's a dead man walking." Derry said.

"Yes, sir." The secretary said, walking back into the city hall.

Derry resumed looking at his reports. Enemy forces, under Brazilian and U.S. forces, have already taken a slew of cities. New York, New Bethlehem, Richmond, Philadelphia, Chicago, and now Columbia itself? Madness, Derry thought. He focused on the Brazilians in the report. Jungle coons, he again thought, a scowl forming on his lips.

Another secretary entered. "Mr. President, The Mayor of Tampa is on the line in your office, should I patch him through to the garden phone?" He asked.

"Yes, Phillip. Please." Derry responded. He set down the papers on a glass table and walked over to the phone situated on a wooden bench. Derry picked up the phone.

"Hello, Mayor Wilkinson?"

"Max Derry?" The voice said.

"Yes? Mr. Mayor?" Derry responded and paused for a brief moment. Then, a great pain shot through his body as if he were hit by a brick and his vision went black. Blood splattered all over the caladiums and roses. He could no longer hear, and his vision became white. Derry was still alive, and could feel warm liquid running down his ears and down his forehead. His vision came to. The blue sky was tinted red, as were the clouds. It's as if he were wearing rose-tinted glasses. Derry had trouble blinking, and he barely noticed his left side twitching.

The new secretary, Phillip, appeared before him, standing over his twitching body. He had a blank stare at first, but began grimacing as he continued looking at Derry's pathetic body. Max Derry began crying tears of blood, and reached out to Phillip. Phillip took out a pistol and shot Derry between the eyes.

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Winter Haven, Dixie - Afternoon of July 14, 2019

In the minutes following blowing Derry's brains out, "Phillip" had quickly left the Winter Haven City Hall. Deborah, a denigrated secretary, helped him leave, showing him a secret exit. Phillip stripped his clothes in a desolate alley way and put on a janitorial uniform, fake moustache, blue contacts, and a wig. Sirens began wailing as he was already at his extraction point.

He pulled out his phone and punched in the special number.

"Carlos." The voice said.

"Sim." Carlos replied. "Derry é morto."

"Perfeito. Onde está voce?"

"O ponto de extração." Carlos said. He looked out the window, onto the street. No police, no military, no cars. He really did get away without a hint of detection.

"Bem. Extração está iminente."

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COLUMBIA TAKEN BY U.S. FORCES

Allied forces have proclaimed victory today, July 30, in taking the city of Columbia from the Christian Republic. The battle commenced on May 29, shortly after the Allied invasion of New York and Boston. Since about May 19, the city was under siege of revolutionaries and rebels, with President Hawthorne and his government fleeing on May 28.

With this proclamation of victory, most of Virginia is under allied occupation, adding to Allied-controlled states. As of July 30, Allied forces control New York, New England, and Erie. They are expected to win the sieges of Toledo and Lansing by the end of the Summer.

Meanwhile, a combination of Californian, Allied, and Mexican forces have succeeded in taking the California coast, as well as Las Vegas, Tuscon, and Phoenix. California is expected to join the United States via proclamation on December 1.

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Current State of the War

August 18, 2019

GREEN represents territory occupied by Allied forces and revolutionaries.

GRAY represents territory occupied by the Christian Republic.

BLUE represents independent Alaska and Hawaii.

Shades of red represent areas of conflict. PINK represents areas where the Allied forces have occupied much of the territory. RED represents areas where the Allied forces and Christian Republic control roughly equal amounts of territory. MAROON represents areas where the Christian Republic have occupied much of the territory.

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Wow why am I so inspired seeing the liberation of Washington in a fake universe that I don't live in. Must mean you're a talented write, cookiedamage

Thank you! Hurrah!

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I just tried thinking of what my family would've done in such a circumstance, before I remembered that the earliest family member of mine to live in the U.S. was in the 1950s. So I never existed thanks to the CRA... my parents met after immigrating here. How did Cuba fare during the 20th century with the CRA next door?

Well, in this timeline's 21st century, Cuba is a democracy, although it still had a troubled past. It was a U.S. client state until the U.S. collapsed in the 1950s. Without support of US interests, Cuban landownders, and the American/Cuban sugar cane industry, Bautista was never able to mount a coup. The 1940 constitution remained intact and was amended sparingly over the next seventy-nine years. Communists never gained much support due to the country emerging as a stable democracy into the 1960s and 1970s, but socialists, social dems, and left-wingers did.

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Nice! So I guess the two halves that made up my DNA enjoyed relatively stable lives outside the CRA. That's at least a bit refreshing

Yeah they're probably alive and not under a white supremacist theocracy, so that's definitely good.

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Office of President Suza Cameron

The Mission of the New Union

November 1, 2019

1. Destroy the Christian Republic.

2. Secure the new United States' future and stamp out fascist,
white supremacist, and theocratic remnants.

3. Restore human rights, civilized national integrity, federalism, and mutual unity throughout the land.

4. Ensure political, social, and economic equality for every citizen and resident of the United States.

5. Create a mixed economy that is not susceptible to the worst aspects of greed and capitalism.

6. Disintegrate the inhumane discrimination against skin color, sex, gender identity and sexual orientation, religion, national origin, political expression, free press, organized labor, and personal livelihood.

7. Create a modernized and inclusive Bill of Rights, and a stronger Constitution to safeguard against extremism.

8. Ensure regular, fair, and safe elections, beginning in 2022. Utilize modern voting policy that encourages multi-party democracy where all voices are heard. Utilize run offs to ensure consensus and legitimacy.

9. Seek justice for all Christian Republic officials guilty of crimes against humanity. Punish those guilty to send a message to CRA sympathizers that the United States does not tolerate genocide, ethnic cleansing, war crimes, apartheid states, or caste states.

10. Create a nation that is ever vigilant, never complacent, and a nation which loves people of all walks of life and rejects politics of hate, genocide, segregation, and intolerance.

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"When we saw the horrors of the Holocaust in 1945, we said to ourselves, 'Never Again!'. But when we saw our Nation collapse before our eyes, as the men we thought we defeated in World War II take control of America and impose their Neo-Naziism, Nativism, and Fascism on our country, we realized very quickly that we failed our goal of 'Never Again'. Well folks, as long as I'm alive, we won't fail again!" Cameron shouted, putting both clenched fists into the air.

Damn, I got chills. Amazing.
Also, what's happening with Israel and Russia ITTL? Did the Soviets fall naturally (and the iron curtain with them), earlier or later? What about Israel, did it manage to survive on its own (I'm almost certain it could- we'd just find other allies, like Brazil), and is it more left-wing in this universe considering the CRA's existence probably causing seething hate against it and constantly reminding of the dangers of right-wing extremism?
Also, I assume that Israel, if existing. also declared war on the CRA. It's one of our nation's proclaimed goals to defend all Jews in the world, so I wouldn't be surprised if wer were in a constant (official) state of war with the CRA, and certain that our intelligence services were actively engaged in the efforts against it for decades.

Thanks!

Israel does exist and has found allies in Brazil, and to a lesser extent Britain, France, Germany, etc.  Palestine is still an issue as well as Arab hostility, but Israel is very much opposed to the CRA.

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CRA SPLITS

- December 14, 2019. Tel Aviv.

The CRA has effectively split into two hostile factions as negotiations between Joseph Wilton and Michael Hawthorne have collapsed. The negotiations, dubbed the Birmingham Conference, were meant to ease tensions between Wilton, Hawthorne, and their respective supporters since Wilton delivered a televised address earlier this fall declaring independence. Apparently, Wilton has not backed down from independence and has reportedly left Birmingham in the middle of the night. Hawthorne has not yet spoken on the issue.

It is likely that the United States will be splitting the CRA into two chunks if they seize full control of Texas, Arkansas, and Louisiana. If so, Wilton has made it clear that he will lay claim to all CRA territory west of the Mississippi. Hawthorne and his supporters have rebuffed Wilton and have made it clear that such an act will be treasonous and sinful.

President Suza Cameron has sardonically welcomed the news, stating that "Any split among them is welcomed, as it means unity is closer for us." The United States has recently celebrated a victorious siege of Toledo, which allowed the U.S. to liberate more of coastal Michigan and Ohio.

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A New Post. A New Washington. A New Era.

NEW ORLEANS SEIZED BY U.S.

- February 2, 2020. Washington.

U.S. forces have successfully besieged the city of New Orleans after a four-month long protracted battle against the CRA military. The successful siege has now placed an incredibly important port city into the hands of U.S. It also has given Suza Cameron a great strategic opporunity, opening up the Gulf Coast to U.S. invasion. It has also split the CRA into Hawthorne-backed and Wiltonite factions, making a CRA civil war very likely. With civil war on the horizon, the U.S.  holding New Orleans is more important than ever.

This is a developing story.

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Civil War within the CRA intensifies

March 15, 2020 -

The Civil War rankling the Christian Republic of America seems to get more violent, devastating, and complex by the day.

Michael Hawthorne continues to rule as President of much of the southeast of America, now referred to as Dixie. Joseph Wilton, since peace talks broke down in December, commands territory chiefly composed of the Plains states. Both Hwathornite and Wiltonite loyal states are bisected by the US-controlled Mississippi River. Reports suggest that neither Hawthorne nor Wilton are in control of much of the areas beyond their capitals.

Several splinter states have broken off from Wilton's CRA. In Hawthorne-controlled Dixie, the cities of Miami, Tampa, Orlando, Atlanta, Charleston, and Charlotte have broken off and formed hostile communes that have pledged allegiance to the US.

The primary battlegrounds are in the Lower Mississippi valley, where Hawthornite, Wiltonite, and Ozark Christians fight for control of the area. Other battle-heavy areas are eastern Tennessee, western Virginia, and parts of North Carolina, where fighters from US-allied Appalachia, Hawthornites, and US forces fight to control the rest of Virginia.

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War in America - March 15, 2020

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Mexican Army consolidates control in Baja Peninsula,
 uncovers evidence of mass shootings, executions, and genocide.

January 29, 2020 -

As Mexico pushes back the final remnants of the CRA skeleton army stationed in Tijuana, the full gravity of their rule on the peninsula has been uncovered. Mexican soldiers have, over the course of many months, uncovered what are now believed to be concentration camps, execution centers, and as many feared, death camps akin to those found in the Holocaust.

First reported in the summer of 2019, these camps were initially believed to be labor camps, or detention centers for CRA prisoners, but the discovery of underground chambers and firing areas have confirmed the world's worst fears. In Tijuana, which was liberated last month after a period of protracted urban warfare, Mexican soldiers have uncovered very recent evidence of gas executions and firing squads, deducing that the CRA stationed in the city had conducted the genocide in the last ninety days. Piles of bodies were discovered and have since been cleaned and prepared for burial.

Current estimates report that at least 90,000 have been killed since December of 2019.

This is a developing story.

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Temporary Headquarters of the United States Intelligence Department - Secaucus, NJ - February 19, 2020

"No. Pinch me and tell me that didn't just f**king happen." Melinda Wallace said, watching the satellite video feed recorded by a drone way in the sky. The video was showing a desolate parking lot, somewhere in Athens, Georgia. Three men, clad in black and armored with rifles, stood over a casually-dressed man lying flat on the pavement, a deep red pool of blood pooling under him.

The control room was stunned into silence and fear. "They killed him. They killed Bryant."

"Damn it!" Wallace shouted and threw her pen across the room. "Goddamn it!"

"We can fire at anytime, ma'am." An officer said.

"No, not now." She said. "But we need to start thinking of something here and now. Bryant was our only contact in Athens letting people know of the round-ups. People were escaping thanks to him."

"We can send in Melissa Cathcart. She can slip in via the Tennessee border and nobody would notice."

"Maybe, but how long would that take? Without Bryant, the CRA is going to start rounding people up and sending them to death camps. Now that they know we have eyes there, they're gonna start killing even more to weed out people." Wallace said, pausing to think for a few moments. "Jesus!"

Wallace then sat down and began writing things on her keyboard, typing quickly without really thinking. She was sending commands to her inferiors in the D office.

"Contact Simpson, Jones, Michaelson, and Stevenson immediately. Call them and say 'Hi, is this John Ackerton?' and hang up after they respond." Wallace typed and hit send as soon as her finger hit the enter key.

"Okay!" Wallace exclaimed and stood up. "Simpson, Jones, Michaelson, and Stevenson are on their way to their individual hideouts until we can better assess the situation and where to now proceed."

"Are they safe there? Would getting them out be a better option?" An office replied, being careful not to sound insolent.

"I don't know. But if we do get them out, we won't be able to get anyone in fast enough to warn people about the impending genocides." Wallace said, a knot of sickness developing in her throat as she let herself say genocide. It really was happening there, in America. They came so close to stopping a genocide and freeing the country, but maybe it was their invasion that finally got the CRA to begin killing. Maybe they thought that their iron rule is so threatened, that they'd rather kill their own people rather than let them thrive and survive under a loving state. Or perhaps they're afraid that the Jews, gays, Black people, and laborers will betray them and give information to spies. Wallace shuddered and sat back down.

She drafted an email to office Q. "Use drones to recircle all of the Athens area. Maybe we missed something, some sort of facility or large building. Find anything that can be used to contain large groups of people and have it sent to me within twenty-four hours. Preferably within six hours." Enter.

"We find those bastards' death camps," Wallace started, and she very much wished she could proclaim that they'd bomb them, but she knew that bombing a warehouse fulling of people would drive her to suicide. "and we will clear them out even if it means invading Georgia."